Mandingo by Kyle Onstott

Author:Kyle Onstott [Onstott, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780449132265
Google: lx21OwAACAAJ
Amazon: B000PI117S
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1959-09-14T21:00:00+00:00

Dick nodded. "Go ahead," he said in a voice low enough not to interrupt the prayer further. "Might as well. He rich. An' besides, there ain't nobody else 'at a-wantin' her. First thing, she goin' be an' ol' maid, an' then whut?'*

Major Woodford pulled himself together, hitched his neck, adjusted his coat, and assumed his most pompous mien. He strode into the adjoining room where Hammond waited. "Blanche's mamma an' me, we talked it over," he announced. "We talked it all over an' we decided. We decided on lettin' love have its way. We cain't stan' up agin it. An' you wants my daughter an' Blanche a-wantin' you, that the way it goin' to be."

Hanmiond got to his feet. He had heard every word of the conversation. "I knowed you an' Cousin Beatrix weren't a-goin' to let me come all this way fer nothin'," he said, grasping the Major's extended hand.

"Better ride fer the preacher," the Major turned to Dick. **Ride fer Jones, an' bring him along quick as you kin."

"Ain't no press," Ham suggested. "We kin wait fer

momm'."

"Put off a weddin' after it set?" The Major was horrified. "Bad luck; wouldn't have no case in it. Got to be today or not never. Set down awhile an' hold your peace, an' let me go up an' fetch her down."

The loss of Hammond's peace did not threaten. The Major went up the stairs and Dick disappeared by way of the sitting room and kitchen. Somewhat later, Dick's horse passed the window at a trot, but its hoof beats turned into the rhythm of a gallop before he had reached the road. Hammond waited. There was nothing else to do. He grew ill at ease as the time elapsed and he speculated whether the girl had grown recalcitrant. The hauteur with which she had left the carriage and walked into the house might have been real.

Meg rolled solemn eyes toward his owner's face. He sensed a gravity in the situation which he did not understand. It was unthinkable to him that anybody, of whatever complexion, should seek to thwart his master's will, but he dared not speak or question. At length, unable longer to endure the uncertainty, he crawled to his feet and with a show of diffidence whispered in Hammond's ear.

"Yes, an' you has to. Go out behin' them hickories over there, but watch out for your clo's an' come right back," Hammond vouchsafed permission.

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